“[The Petition]…does not ask Synod for anything…it is really just a statement. Those who sign it are saying they would not be able to sign on to the Belhar in good conscience and would thus be ineligible for office in the CRC should Synod adopt the Belhar.” Debate continues to heat up in the Christian... Continue Reading

Also, Presbytery leaders announced a process to allow four of its 148 congregations to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) with most of their property. The Rev. Janet Edwards, a nationally prominent advocate for same-sex couples in a presbytery that consistently opposes gay ordination and gay marriage, tried and failed to obtain Pittsburgh Presbytery’s endorsement for... Continue Reading

The PCA Ohio Presbytery, at it stated meeting on Feb. 4, 2012 at Cornerstone PCA in Youngstown, Ohio, voted to receive its study committee report on intinction. The study committee was formed at the Nov. 6, 2010 Presbytery meeting in Columbus in answer to an overture from the Session of Zion Reformed Church (PCA) in... Continue Reading

Grace Presbyterian is the only Presbyterian Church of America congregation in the Top of Utah, members said……”We’re so grateful after 12 years of hauling equipment around not to have to do it” The congregation here is finally feeling at home. The 80 or so members of Grace Presbyterian Church are celebrating the completed remodeling of... Continue Reading

The commission agreed to add a recommendation… that would effectively eliminate the denomination’s 16 synods, replacing their ecclesiastical functions with five regional administrative commissions of the General Assembly as well as establishing a number of regional judicial commissions. The Mid Council Commission (MCC) of the Presbyterian Church (USA) released a sneak preview to a report... Continue Reading

Proponents of the plan believe new options may help expand the beleaguered denomination, which has lost several churches over the past decade due to growing theological rifts. “It’s a chance for us to be creative,” Commissioner Miriam Dolin said. “It’s a chance for us to charge other people to be creative as a church moving... Continue Reading

Louisiana pastor Fred Luter has told his congregation that he’s willing to have his name placed in nomination for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a step that could lead to a historic election. Luter, currently the first vice president of the SBC, made the announcement Sunday, as first reported by the SBC Today website.... Continue Reading

Dismissal to the ECO is going to be no easier for individual churches than dismissal to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and the property question remains. Many had hoped that the FOP would negotiate a national dismissal plan for churches to leave en masse with their property. That hope has not be realized. Churches who... Continue Reading

Meanwhile Christ Church Savannah, which had remained in the Johnson Square property while the case moved through the courts, moved its services to Independent Presbyterian Church at 207 Bull St. Christ Church Episcopal may be back home in its Johnson Square building, but squabbling over church property continues. The Episcopal Diocese of Georgia and Christ... Continue Reading

One difference with the Great Lakes overture is that the Potomac overture allows the permanent committee or agency to present its own view on the matter, if the OC disagrees with them. Potomac Presbytery met on January 24, 2012 and passed two overtures requesting that the 40th General Assembly (GA) of the Presbyterian Church in... Continue Reading